TCMMY Inspiration Station: Keep It Clean - Life's Debris

Have you ever stayed up past your bedtime just to see something oddly fascinating? That was me as a kid, glued to the screen for the "Destroying Stuff" segment on the David Letterman Show. This week on the All Purpose Pod, join Mista Yu as he takes you on a nostalgic journey back to those late nights filled with the thrilling sight of flying bowling balls and splattering canned hams. But beyond the spectacle, we explore why such chaotic moments captivate us, and what they reveal about our endless curiosity for the hidden inner workings of the world around us.

Cleaning out emotional debris is crucial for personal growth. The episode explores how past experiences, identities, and unresolved issues clutter our lives, urging listeners to embrace renewal and let go of outdated self-concepts.

• Discussion of nostalgic memories and their impact on identity  
• Examination of the concept of debris in life  
• Reflection on the challenges of letting go of old identities  
• Importance of running lean for emotional well-being  
• Biblical insights on renewal and transformation  
• Encouragement to actively clean out emotional clutter

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Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:08

Thank you very much. Hey, welcome back to the All Purpose Pod for an all-purpose life. Wherever you are and however you're listening today, call me Mr U in the Inspiration Station. Thanks again for making us a part of your week. Glad to have you back with us. Appreciate the comments and all the support coming through our social media platform. There's a lot of that. We're definitely excited about that. I'm even hearing from you guys some of you guys on the streets in our communities. I'm hearing some really positive feedback from you guys about the episodes and how it's impacting you. Please keep sharing that. Very encouraging. It's not boosting my ego, man. I know why we're here and why we're doing this. I'm very excited about the privilege of being able to do this.

Speaker 1: 1:13

I don't know if you guys remember this, but I talk about some funny stuff on the show sometimes because the memories that I sometimes recall are really interesting and funny in their own way. But there was a show back in the 80s and the 90s called the David Letterman Show. I'm not sure if you guys remember. If you do, then you really find this entertaining. But it used to come on at 1230 at night, 1235 to be exact, right after Johnny Carson, and you know I'm old, I'm dating myself by saying Johnny Carson, you're like Johnny who Look him up. Know, I'm old, I'm dating myself by saying Johnny Carson, you're like Johnny who Look him up. Yeah, I met him.

Speaker 1: 1:47

But I would beg my mother to let me stay up to watch David Letterman for this one specific segment of the show. It's the only reason why I wanted to stay up. It's called. My favorite segment was called Destroying Stuff. Now that sounds crazy but I want to give you context for this. But a segment on the David Letterman show was called Destroying Stuff. He would get on, I guess, maybe a five, six story building on the rooftop. He would throw things down to the pavement on the rooftop and they would shatter and explode and make this crazy montage and people would just cheer for this. His live studio audience would be inside the building and they'd be cheering for this stuff. And I was just. I was geeked up about this. I was loving this. I'm like Ma, can I stay up? Because once I found out what day we were going to be on, I stayed up that night Rough morning for me after I had to go to school and everything. But I wanted to see this segment so bad and I was just totally locked in. I don't even know why I was just locked into this, but he would throw things like bowling ball, which is very entertaining to see, that come down, fire stories and shatter amazing. A plate of tomatoes, canned hams, frozen turkeys, kegs full of nails and screws, just watch them explode. It was. It was just like I was infatuated. I have no idea why. I'm weird. I'm sorry, I was obsessed. I begged, mom and dad, past midnight, 12.35 am, ona school night to see this segment. But what I think I was most excited about seeing was what made the thing the thing. It was infatuated with seeing the inner makeup. That was really interesting to me for some reason that I'm still figuring out, but I think I understand some parts of it.

Speaker 1: 3:32

But what was left after all these things were dropped in this building in this TV segment, was debris. At the every segment there was debris. All over the pavement, scattered pieces from something that was broken or destroyed. All over the pavement, scattered pieces from something that was broken or destroyed. Even fragments from stuff accumulated over time or waste is what is considered the technical definition of debris Fragments from stuff accumulated over time. You might have debris in your room and you can't keep it clean. You can't get rid of stuff. It's starting to pile up. Somebody might even call you a hoarderer. Separate show, separate topic, but that can be considered debris, scattered pieces from something that's been broken or destroyed.

Speaker 1: 4:12

Now, to me, I think very heavily in this area where does the debris of life come from? Because if debris is defined as scattered pieces from something broken, something destroyed, fragments from stuff that we accumulated over time in our life, where does debris of life come from? We're coming up on a season of time where we are encouraged to start doing what they call spring cleaning, when we start going through our house, getting rid of stuff that we don't need, cleaning out old file cabinets and closets, getting rid of old stuff that's been in the garage, piling up, get that stuff out and kind of almost have a fresh start. I think spring cleaning should be a lot more often. We should have more seasons than just in the spring. I wholeheartedly believe that. But what does it mean to have this debris in our life? Synonyms for debris are things like buildup, clutter, wreckage, spoilage, rubble, scraps, litter, calf and dross or dross. All these things are the same word as debris. Where does all this stuff come from? Where does all this debris come from?

Speaker 1: 5:33

Coming from New York City and as rough a place as it was growing up, one of the things that was really tough for me transitioning from New York to the South, one of the toughest things I had to deal with was tossing away pieces of my identity, my character, my behavior, the instant reactions that come when I encounter a certain kind of situation, certain biases, certain judgments about people who are not from New York. Honestly, those things were tough to deal with. I needed help, I needed deliverance in those areas, because what we don't realize and people like to, there's a bias in itself for people who are from New York. I deal with it from time to time. It doesn't affect me what you got to know, you're not hurting my feelings, you're not bothering me. I can handle it, hope you can too.

Speaker 1: 6:25

But there's a tough part to tossing away a piece of your identity Because in today's times, in today's vernacular, that's egregious to them. Toss away your identity, it's who you are be, who you're supposed to be, but there's certain parts of your identity and your character and your behavior, those reactions and judgments and biases that were formed from places maybe pictures of weakness, places of debilitation, maybe places of dysfunction and you accepted it as part of your personality and your character, where it was part of your environment that you were in. See, when I left new york, I left the environment behind me. Now, to be fair, I carry some environment with me into the new places that I traveled and began to live, to my own detriment. I can say it now because I've been healed of that.

Speaker 1: 7:17

But I recognize that we have the ability to carry around the debris of our life and we don't mind doing everything. That's part of our responsibility somehow. I think I've shared this on many different podcast episodes, but I've probably moved in my life more than 35 times from birth to the current, 35 times up and down the East Coast. That's a lot of movement, excuse me. And a challenge with that is you can't take all the stuff you accumulated in life with you everywhere you go. There's a saying in the business world and in organization that you know what, if you can, you need to run lean, run as lean as possible so that you can run faster and farther. If you're carrying all that old junk, it affects your ability adversely. It affects your ability to run, to function, to move, to grow.

Speaker 1: 8:15

So what I'm saying to you is that what I had to do was toss away all those pieces of my identity, things I thought were part of my character, that were part of me, that were germane to who I was. If I got rid of it, I even felt, like you know what, I'm not myself anymore. I'm not who I thought I was. But those things that we carry around as debris in our life, we got to get rid of it, because all it is are scattered pieces from things that have been broken and destroyed in our life, that we carried around, continued to maintain, we fostered it, we lived in the comfort of it and, honestly, there's a saying that it's not old, but there's a saying that still goes on now that God loves us the way that we are. And I'm not saying that it's not totally true, but in that truth there's an inherent lie, because God loves us too much to keep us where we are.

Speaker 1: 9:12

I love the words of David in Psalms 51, 10 through 17. I won't read the whole thing, but I love it because David exemplifies the kind of heart that God loves. In verse 10, he says creating me a clean heart, o God, and renew a right spirit within me. He talks about how he doesn't want to be cast out of God's presence. He doesn't want his spirit to be taken away from him. He wants the joy of being in his presence, to be loved by him, to be saved by him, to be upheld by him. He wants a new heart, a new character. He's asking for that. He said I want a new heart and a new character. David didn't mind if the old one was broken. In verse 17, the Bible says the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart. God would not despise, god would. In this, david was saying that he doesn't mind if the old heart was broken, if the old things were broken off of his life, because he wanted the new thing that God had and that was it wasn was immediate.

Speaker 1: 10:11

It didn't happen right away, but I got to that point where I didn't care about the old stuff anymore. I didn't care about being the New Yorker that happened to live in the South. I didn't care about having the rough exterior, know had such thick skin and didn't have any strong emotions and compassion and all the things that you sometimes learn living in a hard situation like I did. I wanted to be in a place where I had a clean heart. I wanted to be in a place where I was an influence and impactful into the lives of others and I didn't walk over and step over folks like I would do in New York, which was kind of the culture then.

Speaker 1: 10:51

What I'm saying to you just in the short of this, is that you know there's debris in our life and we got to clean it. It's not, it's not something good. These are not memories that we should hold on to. This is wreckage, rubble from and scraps from areas that had been broken and destroyed in our life. There's no need to hold on to it. It's time to clean it up. It's time to clean it out. We don't need it anymore. We don't need the so-called comfort that it provides. It's a crutch for us. We need to get free, get rid of the old stuff, receive the new heart, receive the new spirit. Get rid of the instant reactions, the judgments and the biases, the old behavior, the old thing that we thought were germane or innate to our character. Get rid of it. David asked for a clean heart and a right spirit, a new spirit, and he was considered arguably the greatest king in biblical history, perhaps even the greatest biblical figure in biblical history. So if he's asking for a clean heart and a new spirit, who are we to not want the same thing? Just food for thought.

Speaker 1: 11:52

Hope you enjoyed the episode. Love to take your questions and comments. Whether you find our episode, drop them in there. I'll answer those as soon as I can. But thanks again for listening. We definitely appreciate your time on this and all your love and support for our show. Love you guys. We appreciate you very much. Have a great day.